INTERVIEW

※ This interview with director Kim Il-rhan about 〈Eddie Alice: Take〉 continues from the first article. ​ By drawing close to the two people named in the title, Eddie and Alice, the film also seems to invite viewers to compare their choices.

A women’s bathhouse. Perhaps it’s a familiar, ordinary place for most women. The camera is set up, the lights come on, and filming begins. Water—whether sweat or tears, it’s hard to tell—runs down the face of a woman in the bath.

※The interview with Justin H. Min about 〈Journey There〉 continues from Part 1. As we discussed earlier, music plays an important role in this film, and you play a conductor. The concert scene at the end was especially striking. How did you prepare for it.

A deeply human story has found a deeply human actor. Min-jun (Justin H. Min) uses informal speech with Chun-hee (Kim Hye-ok) the moment they meet. Unaware of the hierarchy, etiquette and subtle distance between formal and informal Korean, the outsider’s familiar way of speaking becomes less an...

We dream. We love like 〈Once〉, yearn with the desperation of 〈Begin Again〉, and hope like 〈La La Land〉. Whatever it is, your 20s are a time of hardship and brilliance when you spend them pursuing what you love. Because you have a dream.

※ The interview with 〈Dear Evan Hansen〉 and 〈How to Love in a Big City〉 actor Na Hyun-woo continues in Part 1. Turning to film: you have said you long dreamed of becoming a screen actor, and you called recent projects meaningful challenges. Two that stand out are 〈Pilot〉 (2024) and 〈1 Seung〉 (2024).

Six years after turning heads with "Waving Through a Window" on tvN's 〈Double Casting〉, Na Hyun-woo is finally playing Evan in 〈Dear Evan Hansen〉. For Na Hyun-woo, this production is a little special. He made a striking impression on tvN's 〈Double Casting〉 (2020) — a survival audition program that...

※ This interview with actor Lee Joon-hyuk about 〈Lotto Winner Still Goes to Work〉 continues from Part 1. As winning the lottery can sometimes mark the start of misfortune, great luck can also turn into unhappiness. I think Gong Eun-tae made good use of that luck in the drama.

In an era flooded with the meme "I'm quitting my job," the recently concluded Tving original 〈Even the Lottery Winner Goes to Work〉 pushes against that current. The series argues that quitting isn't the only answer, telling its story through Gong Eun-tae (Lee Joon-hyuk), an office worker who wins 1.

Baseball and dating, two of South Korea’s biggest obsessions right now, have been brought together. The genre of Korean dating shows — which has evolved from remote islands to unfamiliar travel spots, from sibling duets to programs pairing people who have never dated before — has reached another...